FW: [x3d-public] X3D Earth Requirements Workshop call for participation

["Len Bullard" <cbullard@hiwaay.net>]

This is an interesting opportunity.  I removed the attachment so as not to
spam the inboxes of the list members.  You can likely obtain a copy from the

Web3DC or NPS.

len

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Subject: [x3d-public] X3D Earth Requirements Workshop call for participation

[Colleagues:  we're pleased to announce the following endeavor.
 Broad redistribution welcome, .pdf announcement attached.]


		      Call For Participation
	
		   X3D Earth Requirements Workshop	 

	Requirements, Capabilities, Challenges, Partnerships and Next Steps

		Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California USA

			14-15 November 2006

Summary of X3D Earth goals.  Web3D Consortium members are preparing to build
a standards-based X3D Earth usable by governments, industry, scientists,
academia and the general public.  X3D mappings of world terrain, cartography
and imagery will be made available for use in any scene, making it easy to
geospatially reference and share X3D models.  Open standards, the Web
architecture, XML languages and open protocols will be used throughout.
Both commercial and open-source software codebases will be able to utilize
these best practices and contribute to these shared assets.

Workshop goal.  Participants will identify and prioritize the technical
requirements, available capabilities, open challenges and strategic
partnerships needed for a Web3D working group to execute this ambitious
project.  Emphasis will be placed on extensibly adapting existing resources
and cooperating to achieve shared goals, especially with other open
geospatial organisations and standards.  Workshop results will document
participant contributions, next-step activities and goal milestones.

Submission requirements for attendance.  Prospective participants are
requested to submit a brief abstract discussing why they should attend.
Prior to the workshop, all attendees must provide a 2-4 page summary and
short slideset regarding their area of interest, so that all participants
can contribute to achieving our "big picture" goals.  Whitepaper topics
include following issues:
.	Strategic goals statement for community or domain of interest
.	Requirements for X3D Earth technical architecture and shared
implementations
.	Assets already available:  datasets and datastreams, software,
hardware, labor, etc.
.	Access and intellectual property rights (IPR) restrictions
.	Unresolved challenges and open questions that still need to be
addressed
Participation in this workshop is open to all interested stakeholders whose
input abstracts are accepted.  Each workshop participant will be able to
present a summary of their goal requirements, available assets and
continuing efforts.  Ongoing participation in subsequent X3D Earth Working
Group activities will only be available to institutional and professional
members of the Web3D Consortium.

Workshop agenda.  This is a fast-paced, action-oriented workshop requiring
participant preparation.
.	Day 1:  Conference attendee briefings
o	X3D Earth overview, mission statement, and Web3D working group
process (1 hour)
o	Participants each present their stakeholder issues.  (10 minutes
each, plus questions)
.	Day 2:  Building consensus (diff/merge bashing and matchup!)
o	Breakout groups compare/contrast/merge sets of goals, assets and
challenges
o	Full group review of all proposed recommendations and goal outcomes
o	Proposed initial calendar, plan of actions and milestones

Dates of interest.
.	October 20:  1-page abstract submission deadline
.	November 1:  Notification of acceptance
.	November 7:  Whitepaper, slideset submission due to permit
participant review
.	November 14-15:  X3D Earth Requirement Workshop in Monterey

Organizers.
Dr. Don Brutzman (brutzman at nps.edu)	1.831.656.2149
Dr. Amela Sadagic (asadagic at nps.edu) 	1.831.656.3819
Modeling Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) Institute,
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California USA.
			
Administrative items.
.	Website: 	http://www.web3D.org/x3d-earth
.	Email:  	x3d-earth-workshop@web3D.org
.	Publication:	Final presentations and papers will be published
online as a workshop report.
.	Hotels: 	http://www.nps.navy.mil/moves/hotels.htm  
.	Directions:
http://www.nps.edu/Aboutnps/Navigation/Directions.html 
.	Cost:	A requested contribution of $10 will pay for light
refreshments.  
	Lunch can be conveniently purchased on campus.
	A group dinner is planned for the evening of Tuesday November 14.

Further information on Web3D and the ISO-approved Extensible 3D (X3D)
Graphics standard can be found online at http://www.web3D.org 

all the best, Don
-- 
Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       work
+1.831.656.2149
              MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA  fax
+1.831.656.7590
Virtual worlds/underwater robots/X3D/XMSF
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~brutzman